Trap.



J. L. HAYES.

TRAP.

APPLICATION rmm we. so, mo. 990,129, Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

' gnq q l in M hlllay/glly l A JASPER L. HAYES, OF OLNEY SPRINGS,COLORADO.

TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

Application filed August 30, 1910. Serial No. 579,742.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASPER L. I'IAYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olney Springs, in the county of Otero, State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traps; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ant traps and has for its object to provide asimple and durable device that will entrap ants as they emerge from orenter their hill, the trap having novel means for permitting of 'theentrapped ants being readily removed and the trap kept in a sanitarycondition.

With the above object in View, the invention consists in the noveldetails of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, it being understood that various modificationsmay be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an ant trap constructedin accordance with my invention, showing the same in applied position.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the trap, showing parts broken away.

Referring now to the drawings, the entrance to the trap is shown to be ahemispherical casing 10, this casing preferably being made of glass topermit of sunlight shining into the interior of the casing so as topresent nearly normal daylight conditions in the entrance to deceive andlure the ants into the entrance.

The receiving receptacle of the trap is designated by the numeral 11,and is shown in this instance to be an ordinary wide mouthed bottle.Formed in the rim of the bottle is a pair of alined slots 12. theseslots receiving a portion of the edge 13 of the entrance casing 10, andit will be observed that approximately one-half of the open mouth of thebottle is in registration with the interior of the casing and theremaining half of the open mouth is in re istration with the exterior ofthe casing. s shown in Fig. 2, the bottle is designed to be buried inthe ground to approximately its rim and the entrance casing is designedto bear with its lower edge upon the ground, a portion of this loweredge as above stated being disposed in the slots in. the bottle neck tomaintain the entrance casing in proper position. The entrance casing isplaced over the ant hill, and ants emerging from the hill will in theirendeavor to escape from the entrance casing crawl over the rim of thebottle and be precipitated by the smooth inner walls thereof into thebottom of the bottle. Ants returning to the hill after making a circuitof the lower edge of the cover in a vain endeavor to gain access to thehill will crawl over the exposed outer portion of the bottle rim andlikewise be precipitated to the smooth inner walls of the bottle to thebottom of the bottle. \Vhen it is desired to remove the captured antsfrom the bottle, it is simply necessary to remove the entrance casingand replace the bottle with a new hottle until the used bottle has beencleansed. This latter operation may be done by simply inverting thebottle over boiling water or like destroying fluid. I

It will be observed that by virtue of a portion of the edge of theentrance receptacle being engaged in the open mouth of the bot tle thatthis edge will present a bafHe or obstruction in the path of ants tryingto crawl around the rim of the bottle and gain access to the interior ofthe casing or vice versa.

It is evident that by virtue of the hemispherical shaped entrancecasing, ants emerging from their hill or returning to the same, can notclimb the curved slippery wall of the glass casing and will circlearound the edge of the casing until reaching the open mouth of thebottle and this being the only means of exit or entrance will naturallyenter the open mouth of the bottle and be precipitated into the bottomthereof as above described.

\Vhat is claimed is 2- 1. A trap, including an open bottom on trancecasing, and an open topped receiving receptacle positioned at the edgeof said casing, the open bottom of the entrance intersecting with themouth of the receiving receptacle so that part of said mouth is disposedinside and part outside of said entrance.

2. A trap, including a dome like entrance casing, and an open toppedreceiving recep- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signatacle posltlonedat the edge of stud caslng, ture, 111 presence of two wlt-nesses. saidreceptacle having ahned slots in its rim A E R L. IAYE recelvlng aportlon or the perlphery of stud J I S entrance casing, so that part ofthe receiving \Vitnesses: receptacle month 15 chsposed 1ns1de and partH. T. GIBSON, outslde of sand entrance. J. W. LYNCH.

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